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Peggy Fleming practices on an outside rink in Grenoble, France, in February 1968. Eighteen members of the US figure skating team pose for a photo before a tragic plane crash in 1961. From left, Germany's Gabriele Seyfert, Fleming and Czechoslovakia's Hana Mašková wave from the medal stand after the 1968 Olympic competition. Peggy Fleming executes her compulsory figures in front of Olympic judges in 1968. (CNN) — Watch the CNN Original Series “Decades in Sports,” which will be premiering on August 2 and available to stream on the CNN app the next day. Across six episodes, the series explores the defining moments, athletes and cultural shifts that shaped sports over the past six decades, from the television revolution and Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, right up to the impact of social media on today’s biggest sports stars.
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They were looking to defend the world title Carol Heiss had won for a fifth straight time a year prior, but tragically, the team never got the chance, as the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed on approach to Brussels Airport and killed the entire US figure skating team.
